MSI Release Notes and Installation
See the following:
Release Status: 1.0.3 GA with Magento v2.3.0 on November 28,2018
Install Method: Composer MetaPackage - MSI is installed as a Core Bundled Extension of Magento Open Source and Commerce.
Important: To correctly receive the dependency and install, you must install via Composer with a Meta Package.
When performing a fresh install of v2.3.X, MSI modules are enabled by default. The MSI extension installs as a Core Bundled Extension (CBE) in 2.3.x Magento Open Source and Commerce. Additional steps will not be required for installing and enabling the new Inventory Management features in that package.
MSI installs via this line in the composer.json metapackage:
magento/inventory-composer-metapackage = ^1.0.2
For a fresh install, see the Magento DevDocs Installation Guide.
When installed or upgraded, MSI adds the following modules enabled by default:
'Magento_Inventory' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryBundleProduct' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryBundleProductAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryCatalog' => 1,
'Magento_InventorySales' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryCatalogAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryCatalogApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryCatalogSearch' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryConfigurableProduct' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryConfigurableProductAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryConfigurableProductIndexer' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryConfiguration' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryConfigurationApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryGroupedProduct' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryGroupedProductAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryGroupedProductIndexer' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryImportExport' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryIndexer' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryLowQuantityNotification' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryLowQuantityNotificationAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryLowQuantityNotificationApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryMultiDimensionalIndexerApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryProductAlert' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryReservations' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryReservationsApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryCache' => 1,
'Magento_InventorySalesAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventorySalesApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventorySalesFrontendUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryShipping' => 1,
'Magento_InventorySourceDeductionApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventorySourceSelection' => 1,
'Magento_InventorySourceSelectionApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryShippingAdminUi' => 1,
The previous modules CatalogInventory for Open Source and ScalableInventory for Commerce were deprecated (and will be removed in 2.4).
To manage Inventory Management/MSI settings, see the Admin User Guide or Global Settings in this wiki. If you disable Manage Stock, this affects calculations not the modules. We provide additional information in the DevDocs Software Upgrade Guide: Manage Inventory Management modules.
If you need to fully remove or disable the MSI extension, you will need to disable the listed modules above (change 1 to 0 in composer.json). You should only need to disable the extensions in the following situations:
- To speed up upgrade of merchants currently on Magento 2.0/2.1/2.2 and migrating to 2.3.X.
- To support inventory customization. For example, if you have a custom implementation of Multi-Sourcing or Magento Order Management merchants.
- To use Magento Order Management (OMS). The current MOM connector does not support MSI interfaces. For MOM merchants to upgrade to Magento 2.3.X, they need to disable MSI modules.
Upgrading to Magento 2.3.X automatically installs and upgrades with MSI when installing via Composer Meta Package. To upgrade your current package of MSI, check your composer.json metapackage version. You can add ^ to always get the latest. Or you can change the version directly.
inventory-composer-metapackage = ^1.0.3
Important: When upgrading an existing Magento installation (from 2.1.X or 2.2.X to 2.3.X), MSI modules will be disabled by default. This is a precaution to prevent Backward Incompatible upgrade and to better support Magento Order Management (OMS).
Currently, OMS does not support MSI (future support development planned). When upgrading, MSI modules will be disabled to allow OMS and Magento 2.3.X to work seamlessly.
See DevDocs Software Upgrade Guide for more information. All required and deprecated modules also automatically updated accordingly. You do not need to make additional changes or updates.
Deprecation notice: For a list of deprecated core modules, see DevDocs CatalogInventory and ScalableInventory for Commerce. MSI replaces these modules. For a list of modules, see the install section above.
With MSI installed, you should have Manage Stock enabled and all MSI features available. To verify and review configurations, see Configuring Inventory Management or MSI Global Settings(wiki).
Magento Release: GA with Magento v2.3.0 Open Source and Commerce on November 28,2018
Module version: inventory-composer-metapackage = 1.0.3
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Add Default Source and Default Stock when installed and enabled to all products.
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Add Single and Multi Source modes for merchants to create custom sources for warehouses, brick-and-mortar stores, dropshipping, and distribution centers.
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Support single sourcing and multi-sourcing of products
Note: Multi-sourcing supported for all products except bundle.
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Create custom stock to aggregate a virtual inventory from assigned sources and sales channels (websites and extended options)
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Use Source Selection Algorithm for priority (out-of-the-bow) to review shipping recommendations
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Ship partial and distributed shipments from multiple sources
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Support orders for multiaddress shipping
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Track, update, and transfer inventory quantities per source
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Use bulk product action options for assigning sources, unassigning sources, and transferring stock from one source to another
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Manage stock quantities from shopping cart to order to shipment
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Return stock automatically for canceled orders and issues credit memos
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Receive notifications for low available/salable inventory, out-of-stock, and backorders
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Extend algorithms for customized source and order matching per sales channel
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Integrate with 3rd party inventory systems, warehouses, and order management using MSI APIs
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B2B support with MSI
Note: For B2B to work, those products must currently be associated to the Default Stock. Updates are in progress for a later release to resolve this issue and support custom stocks.
For known issues, see 2.3.0 Release Notes.
Contributions:
We thank each and every one of our contributors, Partners, and SIs for your vision, dedication, work, testing, and support.
Important: The following information is in-progress for a new MSI package release. MSI 1.1.0 will become the supported package version for v2.3.0.
Module Release Date: TBD
Magento Release: 2.3.0 Open Source, Commerce, Commerce Cloud
Module Version: inventory-composer-metapackage = 1.1.0
Highlights
The Distance Priority Algorithm is a new out-of-the-box Source Selection Algorithm for distance-based shipping recommendations. This algorithm compares the location of the shipping destination address with source locations to determine the closest source to fulfill shipments. The distance may be determined by physical distance or time spent traveling from one location to another, using imported database location data or Google directions (driving, walking, or bicycling). See Configure MSI SSA.
Multi Source merchants with a high number of sources can easily hover and view all sources per product through the Product Grid. Each product displays a minimum of five sources and matching quantities. When hovering over the sources, you can scroll through the entire list of sources and current quantities. For an example, see Modifying Quantities and Notifications in the Admin.
Fixed Issues
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Added support for Elasticsearch for Single and Multi Sources modes. You can now configure and use Elasticsearch with custom stocks. This resolves a known issue for 2.3.0 Open Source and Commerce. See DevDocs Set up Elasticsearch service to install and Elasticsearch to configure through the Admin.
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Resolved performance issues with Default Stock to drastically increase performance with numerous operations. Improvements increase performance for Single Source mode, Transfer Inventory to Source, storefront category pages, and Salable Quantity calculations. This resolves a known issue requiring custom stocks creation for Single Source merchants for 2.3.0 Open Source and Commerce.
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Resolved issues with Out of Stock status and bulk Inventory Transfer to Stock for configurable and grouped products. Selecting the parent products and performing bulk actions does not affect the product status. If the parent product was In Stock, it remains In Stock.
1.1.0 Module List
Three new modules will be added as part of the upgrade. The modules support the new Distance Priority algorithm.
InventoryDistanceBasedSourceSelection
InventoryDistanceBasedSourceSelectionAdminUi
InventoryDistanceBasedSourceSelectionApi
The following is the complete list of modules:
'Magento_Inventory' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryBundleProduct' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryBundleProductAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryCatalog' => 1,
'Magento_InventorySales' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryCatalogAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryCatalogApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryCatalogSearch' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryConfigurableProduct' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryConfigurableProductAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryConfigurableProductIndexer' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryConfiguration' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryConfigurationApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryGroupedProduct' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryGroupedProductAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryGroupedProductIndexer' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryImportExport' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryIndexer' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryLowQuantityNotification' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryLowQuantityNotificationAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryLowQuantityNotificationApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryMultiDimensionalIndexerApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryProductAlert' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryReservations' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryReservationsApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryCache' => 1,
'Magento_InventorySalesAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventorySalesApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventorySalesFrontendUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryShipping' => 1,
'Magento_InventorySourceDeductionApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventorySourceSelection' => 1,
'Magento_InventorySourceSelectionApi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryShippingAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryDistanceBasedSourceSelection' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryDistanceBasedSourceSelectionAdminUi' => 1,
'Magento_InventoryDistanceBasedSourceSelectionApi' => 1,
Contributions
We like to thank the following developers for their incredible support and efforts in this release: Riccardo "TheRick" Tempesta from MageSpecialist, Alex Lyzun from comwrap, Stepan Furman, Vitaliy Boiko from Atwix, Peep van Puijenbroek, and many others!